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- Pre-Modernity and Emily DickinsonExploration of pre-modernity and Emily Dickinson
- Living with Modernist DesignEnjoy the revival of modern design in homes and furnishings where form follows function and style endures.
Themes, Texts, Context of Modernist Literature"Literary modernism" describes a specific period of time as well as a formally, thematically oriented artistic movement. The writers we know as "modernists" are some of the 20th century's most renowned authors from James Joyce to William Faulkner.
Heart of Darkness and Modernist Literature - Blurring the Lines of DistinctionJoseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness presupposed the modernism movement in literature in form and theme, if not in style, setting the stage and inspiring the writers who would work in the last days of global imperialism.- Modernism in AmericaThis paper explains the modernist movement in America and lists some of the artist famous for using the style.
- Longing for a Connection: Relationships in Modernist WritingThis essay compares F. Scott Fitzgerald's "May Day" with Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" in an effort to characterize the Modernist viewpoints on love and romantic relationships.
- What is Truth, According to a Study of the Writings of the Apostle John Verses the Modernist and the Post Modernist?A Scripture lesson concerning the real meaning of "truth," according to John's writings in the Gospel of John.
- The Development of Modern ArtIn the end, it seems reasonable to argue that the development of postmodern art was inevitable.
- Modernist Literature in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. DallowayThe Modernist thoughts and techniques used by Virginia Woolf in her novel, Mrs. Dalloway.
- Sex and Advertising Ethics ExploredCan we ignore inappropriate advertising, have marketers crossed a line where they see no boundaries? This article explores a marketing campaign used for Pot Noodle where a man has a horn down his trousers. Amusing but who's really laughing?
- Mrs. Dalloway: Virginia Woolf as a Modernist WriterExplains why Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway is Modernist literature.
- Flannery O'Connor and the Modernist's Place in The BorderlandsFlannery O'Connor follows a standard hallmark of post-modern American literature by embracing characters who dwell in a sort of borderlands, in between polarities often offered by mainstream society.
- Certified Copy ***Intellectual banter turns cat and mouse in the ambiguous art-house film Certified Copy. Modernist Iranian Abbas Kiarostami directs.
Beginner's Post-Modernist Poetry - a Cup of RamenA first-time modernist poem on the nature of being a lovestruck college student.
Free Verse and the ModernistsFree verse is currently the most common form of poetry being written. Indeed, it has almost driven verse into extinction. But like anything, free verse has a history and emerged from the poetic forms that came before it.
Last Throes of the Modernist AgonyThis essay has been written in a spirit of Christian truth and integrity to the best of my ability. It is very closely related to the essay, "From Avant Garde to Global Village" and very distantly to "From Bohemia to Modernism", among other essays.- One Liberty PlaceA conversation between the One Liberty Place and Philadelphia City Hall.
- Cinematic Form and Function: Anémic Cinéma, Un Chien Andalou, and Triumph Des WillensA cinematic exploration of the form and function of Anémic Cinéma, Un Chien andalou, and Triumph des Willens.
- The Diary of Polish Dancer Vaslav NijinksyBy 18, Vaslav Nijinsky was known as God in the ballet world. Two years later, in 1919, he was committed to an asylum. His diary shows thoughts of a man slowly going mad. This paper examines the contents and their relation to the prevailing dada art form.
